episode_0330

“Ehehe…”

Appleton patted Ar’s head with a happy smile.

Ar has become a very cute cat.

Lying face down in the hallway, she smiled happily as she was petted by Lane and Appleton.

“Shine, are you okay?”

“Yeah. This much is okay.”

Shine answered my question, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

Ar, who used to look scared when he saw me, was no longer there.

I smile at the sight of her approaching me without hesitation.

Arga, crawling on all fours like a cat, circled around me.

He reached out and stroked her cotton-candy hair.

The soft texture of the hair tangles between your fingers.

Oh, you’ve really become cute.

While I was stroking her hair, I patted her butt.

I saw it on the internet before.

They say cats enjoy having their butts patted.

Knock knock-

As I continued to tap his butt, Arga Appleton ran away behind me.

“Ah.”

Is it really different from a real cat?

Ar seemed to dislike having his butt touched.

“How about Appleton?”

“This is really the best. I’ll have to take a picture when I get home.”

Appleton sighed, seemingly disappointed that he couldn’t take a picture right away.

But there was nothing I could do.

Photography was prohibited inside Grandfather’s castle.

While I was having such a good time with Ar, I received a message from Amy.

I took out my phone and checked the contents, and as expected.

It contained information that the grandfather had appeared at the party.

“I have to go to the party.”

Ar nodded to my words and stood up from his seat.

Since I had to go to a place with a lot of people, it was time to imitate a person.

“Ar. What will you say when your friends ask you what you’re doing?”

“I had fun. I’ll answer.”

“You did a great job!”

I patted her head roughly in response to Ar’s answer.

As I headed to the party venue, I was able to find my grandfather.

Grandpa was standing in the center of the party hall, receiving greetings from people.

Seeing everyone looking at me with respect, I realized that my grandfather was truly an amazing person.

A few people come up to me and say hello, then step back.

That’s how my grandfather talked to people.

Amy was also standing next to her grandfather.

I went straight towards it.

Appleton and Arga looked nervous, but did not stop walking.

“Grandpa.”

As we approached and called out to Grandpa, Amy and Grandpa turned to look at us.

The person who had been talking to my grandfather earlier raised an eyebrow at the sudden interruption in the conversation.

His gaze is turned towards me.

He was a middle-aged man with a sharp look.

As his gaze explores me, I explore him too.

A well-trained body, with a perfectly aligned center of gravity.

A hair color that feels somehow familiar.

Amy’s pink hair catches the eye.

I thought.

He was not an ordinary person.

“Oh, Jeff. Shine. And there’s Rain.”

As my grandfather reacts to me, his gaze disappears in an instant.

He looked at me and took a step back.

I looked at my grandfather and mumbled.

They said it was a birthday party, but I had no idea what they were doing.

As he was hesitating like that, Shine stepped forward and spoke to his grandfather.

“Happy birthday, Grandpa. But there’s no present.”

At Shine’s bold words, the grandfather’s eyebrows twitched.

But soon he laughed out loud and opened his arms towards Shine.

“Haha! I don’t need a present. Your presence is a present.”

Then, Shine pretended not to be able to win and went over to her grandfather and hugged him.

If it were a normal day, I would have just looked at him like I was looking at a strange person and passed by, but it seemed like he was hanging out with his grandfather because it was his birthday.

It seemed like that was Shine’s birthday present.

My grandfather’s gaze turns to me.

With eyes sparkling with anticipation, I mustered up my courage and stepped forward.

“Happy birthday, bird!”

“Thank you.”

I quickly took out a set of stickers from the bag I was carrying on my back.

I prepared a gift.

This is a sticker set of me and Shine.

I wondered if my grandfather, who had so much, would be satisfied with this, but this was the only thing I could give him as a gift.

“Seo, it’s a gift…”

He held out the sticker set with an uncertain expression.

My grandfather’s gaze turned to my fingertips.

Underneath the transparent packaging, the stickers of me and Shine shine.

My grandfather silently reached out and accepted my gift.

Grandfather’s gaze shook violently.

The corners of his lips twitched as if he was deeply moved.

At that moment, my grandfather lifted me up in his arms.

I was taken aback by the heightened visibility in an instant, but I didn’t flinch.

Shine turned her head away with an annoyed expression.

“Haha! Hahaha!”

The grandfather burst into loud laughter.

This attracts the attention of everyone around him.

Grandfather started spinning around in place like that.

The hem of the dress she was wearing fluttered and danced.

I hung on my grandfather’s shoulder with my head bowed.

I was embarrassed.

Like a little child, I was held in my grandfather’s arms and spun around.

My friends are probably watching this from the sidelines, and it makes my face heat up.

“Please, let me down…”

I whispered to my grandfather in a small voice.

But Grandpa didn’t stop.

She was so happy that she hugged me and Shine tighter.

After spinning around and around for a while, holding Shine and me in his arms, the grandfather opened his mouth as he let us down.

“Jeff. Your gift is the best gift of my life.”

“S, stickers…?”

“Yeah. I’m so satisfied.”

Grandpa immediately took out his cell phone and started pasting Shine stickers on me.

Amy stepped back with a disgusted expression at the sudden action.

“I feel really good today.”

I walked up to Amy’s legs and hugged her.

I was so embarrassed that I needed somewhere to hide.

As I was rubbing my body against Amy’s legs, she stroked my head and said,

“I guess Grandpa is really happy.”

“I didn’t know you liked stickers so much.”

Who would have thought that he would be so happy just because he received a sticker as a gift?

The grandfather laughed out loud as he showed off his cell phone to his friends around him.

“Hey, look! What do you think?”

Hahahaha!

It seemed like he didn’t care about the eyes of those around him.

Grandpa seemed to be in a very good mood, because he picked up a bottle of wine nearby and started drinking it.

I stared blankly with my mouth open at the sight that was so different from usual.

Grandfather’s friends also joined in the atmosphere and began drinking the wine they could grab from the wine bottles on the table.

The strong smell of alcohol spreads throughout the room.

The people around them also seemed bewildered by the sudden change in the party atmosphere.

Then the grandfather looked around and said.

“Thank you all for coming. Normally, I would have greeted you all, but now I want to enjoy this time.”

“So don’t bother me and enjoy yourselves.”

With those words, the grandfather raised his hand.

Then, the atmosphere of the music flowing in the room began to change.

The tempo of the music that had been flowing softly quickened and the volume grew louder.

Ding ding ding-

My shoulders danced to the rhythm that shook my heart.

Grandpa seemed to be intoxicated by the atmosphere and started chatting with his friends.

The man with pink hair’s expression crumpled as he looked like he didn’t care about the person he was talking to.

He glared at me once, then turned and disappeared into a corner.

For some reason, he seemed to be related to Amy.

I glanced at Amy and saw that she was also looking at the place where the man had disappeared.

As I was looking up at Amy like that, Appleton, who was standing behind us, said to me.

She held Ar’s hand tightly as if she would not let go.

“Hey, Jeff. We’re going to go see your parents.”

“Ah. Yeah. Sorry. I wanted to say hello to Grandpa.”

I felt sorry for Appleton and Ar.

However, it seemed impossible to disturb the grandfather who was happily chatting with his friends.

“Yeah. It’s okay.”

So we sent Appleton and Ar away, leaving only me, Shine, Lane, and Amy behind.

Hahahaha!

Grandfather’s laughter grew louder and louder.

He made a disgusted expression at the sight of him emptying the bottle of alcohol at an incredible speed.

“Jeff! Shine!”

“Yes, yes?”

At that moment, my grandfather suddenly called me and Shine.

When I answered in surprise, my grandfather waved at us and shouted.

“Here. Come here and show me! These old people don’t believe it at all.”

“That, that’s it?”

“Hey, isn’t there a dance!”

Dance?

Dancing?

I never danced in front of my grandfather.

I looked at Amy with a skeptical look, but she was avoiding my gaze.

“Amy! Did you show it to Grandpa?”

“Ah. Ugh…”

“Heeek…”

I shook my head at Amy’s answer.

It’s my grandfather’s request.

I couldn’t help but come out.

But, this place was problematic.

I could dance as much as I wanted when it was just me and my grandfather, but I was too embarrassed to do it in front of everyone.

I will die of shame.

Shine has already hardened.

There was no choice.

I approached my grandfather, timidly, holding Shine’s hand.

Grandfather and his friends already seemed slightly drunk, and they reeked strongly of alcohol.

“Okay! Jeff! Shine! Show me!”

“Ugh, the music…”

“Yeah! Music!”

My grandfather immediately raised his hand at my words.

Then, the music flowing in the room suddenly disappeared.

silence.

Silence fell.

Everyone’s eyes were on me and Shine.

Even Appleton and Ardo were looking at this place.

I took out my phone, hesitantly, and started playing a music file.

He turned up the volume to the max and gave Shine a look.

“Sha, shine.”

Shine shook her head as if she didn’t want to do it.

But, it was my grandfather’s birthday.

“It’s grandpa’s birthday…”

Shine looked up at her grandfather at my words.

Although he was drunk and out of focus, his eyes were filled with tremendous anticipation.

The opening of [The Little Witch’s Great Adventure] started playing on my phone.

My body starts to follow a rhythm regardless of my mood.

Get ready to wiggle your hips, lifting your toes slightly.

Shine, who had not moved until the end, finally let out a deep sigh and moved her body just like me.

When the intro ended and the music started in earnest.

Shine and I placed our hands on our waists and shook our hips.

I’m embarrassed.

I felt like I was going to die.

Shine’s face turned bright red like an apple.

I could tell without even looking in the mirror.

My face probably won’t be much different from Shine’s.

When I dance this dance, I should have looked straight ahead with a confident expression, but I couldn’t do that at all.

Shine and I continued dancing with our heads bowed.